Engagement Ring Advice for Guys

Christmas is a few months away. Maybe your boyfriend or the father of your children is planning to pop the big question. He has exhausted the dating scene, and barely wants to step foot in a lounge since he has met you. He only hangs with his homeboys on occasion, and has given you free access to his Facebook and cell phone. It’s clear…it’s all about you – forever.

On that note, he is ready to make it official…too bad he doesn’t know where to start.

I remember recently chatting with my boyfriend about rings and he was totally clueless about the process. After stumbling upon this article, I just wanted to shout “READ THIS!” Instead I kept it in. I didn’t want to tell him how to buy a ring. I just wanted him to figure it out.

Fast forward. I can’t blame him. How many times in a man’s life is he shopping for a ring anyhow? I just thought about half the men out there that just need a tip or two or three.

Leave this post open on your computer, so he can walk by and sneak a peek.

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Bretton

letting her pick out the ring herself is a total copout, and completely takes any sense of surprise out of it. This should not even be considered.

her words.
- Unindoctrin8ed
  
  Marriages that started with a surprise proposal fail nearly twice as often as those that are the result of rational joint discussion.
Unindoctrin8ed

Buy her a really stylish looking but incredibly cheap ring preferably with the Cubic Zirconia sticker still on the box or better yet something from a vending machine. How she reacts will speak volumes about whether marrying her is a good idea or not.
Never forget that the whole Engagement ring idea was nothing more romantic than a DeBeers Diamonds marketing campaign right down to their ads in magazines that suggested that a ring should cost a month’s wages.

It has nothing to do with marriage and nothing to do with love. If your lady expects an expensive ring in this financial climate she’s going to be an expensive wife. Run. Run now!
Mikhari

I let my husband pick the ring. I wasn’t expecting any engagement ring – just a simple gold wedding band on our wedding day. He, however, wanted to get me an engagement ring. I told him if he wanted to, I wanted him to pick something he liked to surprise me. As he’s far more stylish and refined than me, I trusted his judgement. Keeping in mind my own preferences (color, style), he got me a princess cut diamond set in a unique, geometric band with a matching wedding band.

It has more meaning to me that he chose a ring compared to if I’d picked it; I kind of view it as I am wearing HIS ring, a ring he had custom designed for me, rather than a ring I chose for myself out of my own lack of solid personal preference. Sort of the thought counts, rather than just whipping out his wallet when I point something out at the jewelry store.